Third annual report of the Watford and District Isolation Hospital 1896 / Robert A. St. Leger, Medical Superintendent.
- Watford and District Isolation Hospital (Watford, England)
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Third annual report of the Watford and District Isolation Hospital 1896 / Robert A. St. Leger, Medical Superintendent. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![9] w DIPHTHERIA, On January 1st there was one case of this disease in hospital, a child set 6, on whom it had been necessary to perform tracheotomy 10 days previously. She was doing well, but died suddenly from paralysis of the heart on January 2nd. Of the 58 cases admitted during the year 4 died, the cause of death in each case being heart failure. In 6 cases it was necessary to perform tracheotomy. The ages of these cases : 15 months, 2 years, 8, 4, and two 5 years of age. Antitoxine was given in 25 cases. The Antoxine serum employed is that prepared by Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. TABLE Shewing dates Diphtheria cases were admitted. MONTH. URBAN. RURAL. January .. 2 .. 4 February .. 0 .. 2 March .. 2 .. 5 15 April .. 0 .. 3 May .. 1 .. 3 June .. 1 .. 3 • 11 July .. 1 .. 11 August .. 2 .. 2 !-12 September .. 0 .. 6 j October .. 2 .. 2 November .. 2 .. 5 December .. 3 .. 1 -15 ENTERIC FEVER. 7 cases admitted; one death, a very bad case, complicated with peritonitis and convulsions. Subjoined are tables giving dates, incidence of age and district of various cases admitted, a glance at which will show the large number of diphtheritic cases admitted from Aldenham, and the large proportion of cases under 10 years of age.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30640763_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
